Hero of the Day - Chesley Sullenberger IIIIt's been in the news a while now, still I thought it would be good to give a shout out to real life hero "Sully" Sullenberger for safely landing a jet in the water following engine failure. He saved a lot of lives that day by doing exactly what he was supposed to do and responding to a grave emergency with skill and dedication. It's been a long time since we've had a national hero, nice to see one with old school values that includes modesty. The rest of the crew and rescue teams also responded well to the disaster. I'll wrap up by saying thank you, Mr. Sullenberger, for a job well done.
Now, on to the Midnight Madness:
A Dark Night - For Batman fans hoping to get a little respect from the Academy. The Oscar noms limited their love for The Dark Knight to the late Heath Ledger (in the major categories at least). You would think Batman was some type of outlaw, running from the police after seeing how the Academy treats him. Bats is in good company though, Bruce Springsteen was also snubbed despite his excellent song for The Wrestler.
Hit The Lights - Meanwhile Metallica fans have reason to bang their head, the Metal band is going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jeff Beck and Run D.M.C. are being inducted as well (Little Anthony & the Imperials and Bobby Womack round out the induction honorees this year). I know it won't happen, but if the ending jam session with these guys includes Run D.M.C.'s It's Tricky that would make my day. Let's see James Hetfield cold bust some rhymes with some Jeff Beck soloing on top. Too cool.
Hell Yeah! - The awards season is in full swing, the first inductee to the WWE Hall of Fame is none other than the Rattlesnake! Stone Cold! Stone Cold! What? Stone Cold Steve Austin!
No Rod the Mod - Rod Stewart has put the kibosh on rumors of a Faces reunion. I guess we'll get stuck with whatever other ancient genre he decides to tackle next instead. I can see it now: Rod Stewart sings 19th Century sea shanties now on sale for $10.99. Hear Rod's new single "Blow the Man Down" available exclusively at Wal Mart. It comes with the bonus track "Row Row Your Boat".
Lemon? - The new U2 single Get On Your Boots is out and I have to admit to being a little disappointed. With Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite back in the producer's chair I was expecting something a little more classic leaning like their last album. Instead it seem's they're reviving some of that electronica Pop sound from the '90's. I'm still looking forward to the new disc and maybe this song will grow on me. Based on the few times I've heard it the song does get better on each listen. It wouldn't be the first time U2 put out music I was resistant to at first and dug later on. I did notice one of the other song titles on the new album is "Fez - Being Born". Did they write a song about that kid on That 70's Show?
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? - Boy George has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for imprisoning and beating a male escort. Church of the Poisoned Mind indeed.
She's a little bit Charm School, He's a little bit Rock & Roll - The Osbournes are coming back to TV in a variety show planned for Fox. Sorry Ozzy, now that you're no longer a drug addled burn out you're just not as funny anymore. We all know you've cleaned up and are just fakin' it now.
Hey You Guys! - The Electric Company is returing to television. Can they get Morgan Freeman back?
Yippie Ki Yay! - While watching music videos I came across this parody of the Die Hard movies. It's pretty funny, what makes the clip really worthwhile is the amazing Bruce Willis imitation this guy does.
Die Hard Parody - I Love My Wife
3 comments:
Way to go, Sully! And the entire crew. What a wonderful thing you have all done!
Not a big Batfan, so... no opinion on that.
Metallica! Yeah! Jeff Beck! Yeah! Little Anthony! Yeah! Bobby Womack. Okay. Run DMC? Not so much.
Never Liked Stone Cold, but I can see how he would make it into their Hall. He was quite the money maker for a while, wasn't he?
For $10.99? I'd buy it. He could sing the Oscar Meyer song and make it sound sexy. Seriously.
Hum... I checked out that other video on youtube for this new disc. Seems they might be hitting all their previous incarnations with this one. Ya think?
Poor Boy. He just can't seem to help himself...
Those folks need to go away, ride off into the sunset. How can they put their ignorant sh^t on the TV and not die from embarrassment?
Electric Company? Cool. Maybe there's hope to get School House Rock back on the small screen. Conjunction Junction is where it's at!
tehehehe... I detest Bruce Willis. He was cool in the comedy rolls he started out in, in television... he's just ludicrous in those quasi-serious Die Hard type movie rolls.
Marvelous post, Mr. Mike. You did good. :-)
Thanks SKW! I don't mind Run DMC personally, not necessarily a fan but they're OK. I don't understand how they get into the rock and roll hall of fame ahead of,well, rock bands though.
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